YORK UNIVERSITY PSYCHOLOGY CLINIC Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale – Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV): Update for Clinical Use and Interpretation Friday April 24 2009, 8:30 am to 12:00pm York University, Keele Campus The training will: • Highlight how the latest WAIS version emphasizes measurement of fluid intelligence; • Review the new norms (expanded age range for elderly and new Canadian norms) and improved psycho metrics (such as new ‘floor’ and ‘ceiling’ items); • Introduce the new subtests – Visual Puzzles, Figure Weights and Cancellation; • Familiarize learners with revisions to existing subtests – such as Digit Sequencing; • Describe the utility of the four-index structure (Verbal Comprehension, Perceptual Reasoning, Working Memory and Processing Speed); • Provide clinical applications through case examples and validation study profiles for the use of WAIS-IV findings for situations such as assessment of ability-achievement discrepancies and determination of cognitive functioning in individuals with dementia, other cognitively debilitating conditions and various psychopathological disorders; • Preview the link between the WAIS–IV and the soon to be introduced Wechsler Memory Scale – 4th Edition and the Wechsler Fundamentals: Academic Skills highlighting Canadian findings. Marie-Josée Gendron, PhD Director of Research and Development at Pearson Assessment Canada Dr. Gendron, Senior member of the Research team, has a doctoral degree in Psychology (Concordia) and a Master’s degree in Edu- cational Psychology (McGill). Prior to joining Pearson, she was an Assessment Consultant with Manitoba Education. At Pearson, she has led many Canadian standardization projects. She worked with the Learning Opportunities Task Force of the Ministry of Education of Training, Colleges and Universities in Ontario in developing Franco Ontarian norms for the key Wechsler scales. As well, Dr. Gendron worked in collaboration with the Education Quality and Accountabil- ity Office of the Ministry of Education in Ontario in developing their French and English items for their upcoming provincial tests. More recently, she has led the Canadian standardization project of the Wechsler Adult Scale of Intelligence: Canadian (WAIS–IV ) jointly with the U.S. Presenters: Joel O. Goldberg, PhD CPsych Department of Psychology, York University Dr Goldberg is an Assistant Professor in the York University Psychol- ogy Department and Associate Professor (Part-Time), Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University. His excellence in teaching has been recognized through the Faculty of Health York University Teaching Award (2007-2008), the Mc- Master University Continuing Behavioural Studies Teaching Award (2006 - 2007) and the MSU McMaster University Faculty of Science Teaching Award (1996); that same year, he received the Award of Merit from the Ontario Psychological Association for Distinguished Contributions to the Profession. In the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, he chaired the Psychological Tests study area for 15 years and was a Consulting Editor for the APA journal Psychological Assessment for over a decade. Prior to his academic positions he was a staff psychologist at the Clarke Insti- tute and for about two decades the Clinical Director of the Ham- ilton Program for Schizophrenia, a community-based psychiatric rehabilitation outpatient service. The latest revision of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale – Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV) brings both familiarity and novelty to psychologists who have consistently rated the WAIS among the most popular test instru- ments for clinical use. This workshop will provide key practical knowledge and hands-on demonstrations relevant to WAIS-IV clinical use and interpretation. CDN